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Future of Local Manufacturing Could Start with Student Tours of Factories
(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Manufacturing Days is a once-a-year, two-day immersion BTC uses to try to kindle high school student interest in manufacturing careers and the potential of job training and learning manufacturing skills through enrollment at BTC....
Science Lab 101: Edgerton Students Learn While Running Aquaponics Laboratory
(Edgerton, WI) Benjamin Pierce, Gazette Edgerton High School students this year are running a laboratory that raises fish and grows lettuce, and they consider that just part of going to school. MORE INFO
Students Get Look at World of Manufacturing
(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News Stateline Area high school students from 18 different schools ditched the classroom on Thursday for a chance to peek behind the scenes at the local job market as part of the 2019 Manufacturing Days event. MORE INFO
New Boutique Operator says Janesville’s Downtown has Blossomed in Past Decade
(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Margie Siggelkow, who owns the women’s and men’s boutique that opened last week at 39 S. Main St., never figured she would move back to Janesville after she graduated from Milton High School and left for college in Minnesota in...
Beloit Snappers Sold, Downtown Stadium Expected
(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News The Beloit Snappers baseball team has a new owner, and will be getting a new stadium located in downtown Beloit, according to an announcement made Thursday night. The Snappers will remain a Class A affiliate of the...
IT Firm Announces Relocation and Expansion in Downtown Janesville
(Janesville, WI) The Computer Center is relocating and expanding its IT and training offerings, with a heavy emphasis on providing cyber-security and multi-media conferencing services. MORE INFO
New Evansville Business Offers Co-Working Space for Entrepreneurs
(Evansville, WI) Benjamin Pierce, Gazette Jodi Saevre knows the struggles of being an entrepreneur and working from home. Her experiences led her to do something to help others like herself. She and her husband, Paul, bought a building in downtown Evansville and...
NorthStar Expects More Growth in Beloit
(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes has grown quickly in the past year and on Thursday the company celebrated completion of its latest expansion while looking ahead at future growth in Beloit. MORE INFO
BTC Nursing Program Ranked #1 in Wisconsin
(Janesville, WI) Blackhawk Technical College Blackhawk Technical College (BTC) nursing students are among the best in the state based on rankings from RNCareers.org and Wisconsin State Board of Nursing. RNCareers.org recently announced that BTC is ranked #1 in...
Janesville City Council Approves TIF District for Apartment Complex
(Janesville, WI) Ashley McCallum, Gazette A new tax increment financing district will assist a proposed 115-unit multifamily development on the former youth baseball diamonds on Woodman Road. MORE INFO